Combined pencil-sharpener and cigar-cutter.



I H. EIGHLEB COMBINED PENCIL SHARPENEB. AND CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1908.

921,964.; I Patented May18,1909.

ATTORNEYS ENT OFFTQE.

HERMAN EIOHLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED PENCIL-SHARPENER AND CIGAR-CUTTER.

Application filed June 10,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN ErcHLEn, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedPencil-Sharpeners and Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pencil sharpeners and cigar cutters, and theobject thereof is to provide an improved combination device of thisclass which may be used for either purpose, whenever desired, and whichmay be conveniently carried in the pocket; and with this and otherobjects in view the invention consists in a device of the classspecified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a back view of my improvedpencil sharpener and cigar cutter, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section on theline 22 of Fig. 1 and indicating the method of using the device as acigar cutter, Fig. 3 a front view of the device as shown in Fig. 1, Fig.4 a transverse section on the line 44 of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 a perspectiveview showing the method of using the device shown in Figs. 1 to 4 as apencil sharpener, Fig. 6 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing amodification, and;- Fig. 7 a transverse section on the line 77 of Fig.6.

In the practice of my invention as shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, Iprovide a device of the class specified comprising a back plate a, andfront plate I), said plates, in the construction shown in said figures,being oblong in form and curved longitudinally so that the device issegmental or semi-circular in cross section. The outer plate a isprovided with inwardly curved side flanges 0, which are cut outcentrally and longitudinally-to form shoulders a at a predetermineddistance from the ends of said flanges, and the inner plate I) isprovided with lugs or projections b movable between said shoulders andadapted to limit the longitudinal movement of the inner plate b in bothdirections,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

in the operation of the device as hereinafter described. The outer platea is provided at one end with a circular recess (1 having a cutting edgeif, and the inner plate I) is provided centrally and longitudinally withan opening 6 one end of which, the end which is adjacent to andcorresponds with the end of the plate a in which the recess a is formed,is circular in form as shown at b and provided with a cutting edge b Atthe opposite end of the opening b in the plate 5 is a projection 6formed from a tongue out from the material of said plate at 19 saidtongue being folded, in the form of construction shown, to form theU-shaped lug or projection I) by means of which the plate I) may bemoved longitudinally of the plate a whenever desired.

Whenever it is desired to use this device as a cigar cutter, the plate12 is moved into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the

late a, in this operation, being held in one liand and the plate I)being manipulated with the other hand, or with one of the fingers of thesame hand by pressing in the proper direction on the lug or projection1). 1n this operation the recess a in the plate a and the opening b inthe plate 1) form, together, a clrcular aperture at c, and the tip of acigar c is inserted into said aperture, after which the plate I) ismoved backwardly into the position shown in Fig. 3, or into the positionshown in full lines in Fig. 2, and this 0 eration cuts off the tip ofthe cigar as w11 be readily understood.

The cutting edge I) of the opening b in the plate 12 extends around theouter end of said opening, and the sides thereof as clearly shown inFig. 3, and the aperture at 0 formed by the recess a in the plate a andthe outer end portion of the opening b has a cutting edge entirelyaround it, and by reason of this construction the tip of the cigar iscut off entirely around the same as will be readily understood.

The method of using this device as a pen cil sharpener is clearly shownin Fig. 5, and in this operation the plate I) is projected far enough toexpose all the main part of the opening b and a pencil d may be graspedin one hand and passed outwardly through the opening 6 and drawn backthrough the end portion thereof in such a manner that the cutting edge bwill sharpen the pencil, it being understood that this operation isrepeated and the pencil rotated until the Serial No. 437,633.

operation of sharpening the pencil is cometed.

The construction shown in Figs-6 and 7 is the same as that shown inFigs. 1 to 3, ex cept thatthe plates a and b are flat, or are not,curved in cross section, and in this form of construction the tonguefrom which the lug or projection b is formed is made shorter and formedinto a transverse bead b and the operation of this form of constructionwill be the same as with that shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto'secure by Letters Patent, is

A combined pencil sharpener and cigar cutter comprising two platesslidably mounted one upon the other, one of said plates being providedin one end thereof with a semi-circular recess having a cutting edge,and the other plate being provided with an [plate forming an openingwhen the plate having the oblong opening formed therein is projectedbeyond the first named plate, and

said cutting edges being at the opposite ends of said opening, means formoving one of said plates longitudinally of the other, and

devices for limiting said movement and pre- I venting the separation ofsaid plates.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 9th day of June 1908.

